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Bob Cratchet Character Analysis
Through out one of the greatest Christmas stories of all time, it is easy to find the symbolism through the book, A Christmas C’arol. But one of my personal favorite symbolism is what the man Bob Cratchet represents along with his horrible relationship with Scrooge. The only character you feel more for Bob Cratchet is his son tiny tim. Through the first arc of the story, all you can really think of is how the mean Ebenezer Scrooge treats poor Mr. Cratchet. But what does this sad man represent. Well he represents the lower middle classes and is a symbol of how they are treated by their upper classes. But as the story kept moving we learned that there was still hope. lt is not hard to relate to the sad story of Bob Cratchet. Though he is an incredibly …show more content…
There is no boundaries. We can fight against the oppression of hatred and find more than kindness but beautiful love as well. Even the most wicked man can have a heart as Scrooge had shown many times and he was a cruel mean wicked man but he still showed that he cold be different from what the cruel mean wicked abomination that he had used to be but he was no longer that man anymore. For now he was a good man who loved everyone even those who still thought stil mean. And Bob Cratchet, who was a good man, showed kindness and forgave the man who had once been cruel and evil. For that was what the earth had become and here was good. Through what I have learned from this incredible, beautiful,remarkable story that I have read, l have learned that through the relationship of Bob Cratchet and Scrooge that there is still hope. That we can still live n happy pens and peace for that is the world that a slowly begging. Through the story we went through how a poor man who had nothing good for him except his children, loving wife, and kind of good paying job, was suddenly blessed with the love of his former cruel boss. This shows the love that we can all have no matter our status and prestige. If we could all break the boundaries we can all

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